Kyu Exercise 4 / Solution

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Solution 1

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Placement on the second line.

The simpler solution would be a placement on the second line. B3 forces W4, and B5 reduces the eye at the bottom to one in sente.

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Placement on the second line.

Why sente? Because if White obstinately makes the other eye with W6, Black captures White with B7.


Solution 2

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Placement on the first line.

The placement at the first line also works, but B3 and B5 are probably a blind spot.

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Variation.

If W2 simply captures the two Black stones, Black can simply set up a snapback with B3 and B5.

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Failure.

B3 is incorrect. Although B5 is a ploy to reduce the eye in sente, but W6 answers correctly and lives.

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Failure.

B9 and W10 are miai.


Other variations

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Atari.

The atari at 1 is a mistake.

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Atari.

Black makes a throw-in at B5, but White occupies the vital point of the bulky five with W6 and lives.


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